AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR has spent 30+years of his career playing as a leading role as the social catalyst for promoting community media, communicating on the public sphere, communicating knowledge, civil rights in communication & cultural rights in communication, ICT for development, knowledge society, internet governance, amateur radio, right to information and policy advocacy. media development, theological communication, knowledge management for development (KM4D) and business for development.
He has the unique quality of experience and contribution in an inclusive manner in multi-stakeholders of politics, development partners, the private sector, NGO & civil society, public sector, policy makers, academia and media. He is known as transformational expert, visionary, and change agent.
He founded Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) since 2000. BNNRC is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accredited with World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) of the United Nations and UN WSIS prize winner 2016 and Champion 2017.
BNNRC’s approach to media development is both knowledge-driven and context-sensitive, and it takes into account the challenges and opportunities created by the rapidly changing media environment in Bangladesh including community radio development giving voices for the voiceless.
He was the strategic council member of United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UNGAID) from Asia and Pacific Region. Bangladesh Working Group on UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS), Member of the drafting committee of National Broadcasting act, Member of the drafting committee of Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operation Policy of Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
He has been working as a member of the Community Radio Monitoring Committee of the Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, one of the founders’ of Bangladesh UN Internet Governance Forum, World Radio Day International Committee, member of the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group (MSG) of UN Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) and research fellow of Bangladesh Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution.